Window shade and curtain fixture



Julie 16, 1 925.

1,541,904 E. c. CURTIS ET AL WINDOW SHADE AND CURTAIN FIXTURE Filed Aug. 2O- 1924 lllllllllllll'lrl lill patented .lune 16, 1925.

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AND GEORGE E. REYNOLDSJ F WYOMING,

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WINDOW SHADE AND RTAIN FIXTURE.

application inea mig-11st 120,1-924. serial No. `733,191.

means whereby .a windciw'shade roller, or av curtain, inayibe mounted on a `window frame, without resorting to tacks, nails, screws or the like.

Another object of the invention is to pro-l vide novel `means whereby the brackets Vmay be adjusted along the holder, to accommoe date shade rollers or curtain poles of ditiferent lengths.

Itis within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility oit devices ci that type to which the invention appertains.

Tith the above andr other objects in view,`

which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts andin the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment oi the invention shown, can be made, without departing' `from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in elevation, a portion of a window trame, whereunto the device torniing the subject matter of this application has been applied; Figure 2 is an elevation showing the holder; Figure 3 is a plan showing the holder mounted on a portion of the window trame; Figure 4 is a cross section showing the curtainbracket on the holder; Figure 5 is a longitudinal section showing how the second bracket cooperates with the holder; L igure G is a perspective view showing'the holder; Figure 7 is an elevation showing a modiiied form of bracket adapted to be used when a curtain pole is to be supported. A Y

The device forming the subject matter of this application comprises a plate-like body 1, provided at one end with a 'flange 2 located at right angles to the body, the flange having any desired number of inwardly eX- tended prongs 3, located approximately parallel @to the body. No.tches 4 are Lftashioned the Zpaint `oi juncture between @the body l and the `flange 2. The ibedyl is disterted t@ .terni an inwandly extended leunitudmal rib 5 and to form raised `langee on ,each `side of the rib. Tnansverse seats 7 are cnlned in the enter surtaces ,of the flanges A prong 8 is struck @from the 1X1-b5 and extends inwardly .about iight angles to Y,the prongs 3.

Y'llhe miniera-l .9 designates a bracket oit any desired kind, mounted for adjustment on the body 1, longitudinally of the body.

vThe bracket includes a wing having an opening 11, the opening being shaped in any desired way, to accommodate one end or the other oi a window shade roller. The bracket 9 includes a base 12, disposed at right angles to the wing 10 and mounted to slide `on the outer surfaces of the flanges 6 ot the body 1. At its free end, the base 12 of the bracket 9 has a pawl or lip 14 which may be either resilient or bendable, the pawl being adapted to engage in the seats 7 which are formed in the ianges 6 of the body 1. The base 12 of the bracket 9 has underlying fingers 15 engaged beneath the flanges 6 ot the body 1. The fingers 15 are adapted to pass through the notches 4 when the bracket 9 is mounted on the body 1, and when the bracket is disengaged from the body, l

In practical'operation, the prongs 3 are driven into one end of the window frame 17 and then the prong 8 is driven into the outer surface of the trame 17, an operation which will be understood readily when Fig ure 3 oi the drawings is examined. The

construction of the device is such that it can be mounted on the window traine and be removed therefrom without the use of screws, nails or the like. The rib 5 serves to space the flanges 6 from the window frame 17, so that the underlying fingers 15 can slide between the flanges 6 and the window frame. The bracket 9 may be adjustedalong the body 1 so as to accommodate window shade rollers of diiiierent lengths, the pawl 14 b"eing engaged in the transverse seats 7. v

It will be understood that any kind of a bracket may be used. Thus, in Figure 7 of the drawings, there is shown a bracket adapted to support a curtain rod. This bracket 1G may be used in place ot the bracket 9, and the device, therefore is equal-- ly efficient for supporting either a curtain or a shade Wound on a roller.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is A window shade and Curtain fixture coin'- prising a body in the forni of a plate, the constituent material of the body being distorted to fori'n raised flanges along the longitudinal edges of the body and to form an inwardly extended longitudinal rib located between the flanges, there being an inwardly extended prong struck from the rib and disposed approximately at right angles to the rib, the body being supplied at one end With a flange disposed approximately at right angles to the body, the lastspecified flange being provided With an inwardly extended prong disposed about at right angles to the prong of the rib and about parallel to the rib, there being notches at the point of juncture between the body and the last-specified flange, transverse seats being formed in the outer surfaces of the first-specified flanges; and a bracket coniprising a Wing and a base, the base being supplied at its free end with a paWl which is adapted to engage in the seats of the firstspecilied flanges, the base of the bracket being mounted to slide on the outer surfaces of the first-specified flanges of the body, the base having underlying fingers engaged beneath the first-specified flanges of the body, on opposite sides of the rib, the fingers being adapted to pass through the notches When the bracket is niounted on the body and When the bracket is disengaged froni the body.

In testimony that we claim the foregoingI as our own, We have hereto affixed -our signatures.

EDWIN C. CURTIS. GEORGE E. REYNOLDS. 

